Penholder



(No Model.)

M. W. LANSING. PBNHOLDBR.

No; 574,545. Patented Jan. 5,' 1897.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,545, dated January5, 1897. Application filed August 26, 1896. Serial No. 603,947. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MULFoRn WADE LAN- SING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Lishas Kill, in the county of Albany and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPenholders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in whichsimilar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts whereverfound throughout both views.

This invention relates to penholders; and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device of this class in which the penholder properis connected with or formed on a springoperated rod mounted in a tubularsleeve, and by which the pen is adapted to be projected into anink-bottle and to be withdrawn by the operation of the spring, in whichoperation the surplus ink will be shaken from the pen.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is asectional plan View of myimproved penholder, and Fig. 2 a side viewthereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a pen-stock 5 of the usualform, and'with the end of which is connected a tubular sleeve 6, andsaid sleeve is provided in its opposite sides with a longitudinal slot 7and at its outer end with an annular flange or rim 8, and mounted insaid tube, at the outer end of said slots, is a cross plate or bar 9,and the end of the pen-stock is provided with a chamber 10, which isformed centrally thereof. Mounted in the cross plate or bar 9 andprojecting into said chamber 10 is a rod 11, and said rod 11 is providednear its inn er end with a cross-bar 12, which projects through theslots 7 at each side, and formed on or secured to the ends of saidcross-bar are disks or plates 13, and mounted on said rod 11, betweenthe cross plate or bar 9, through which it passes,

and the cross-bar 12, is a spring let.

The outer end of the rod 11 is provided with any suitable or preferredform of penholder 15, into which a pen 16 may be inserted, and theoperation will be readily understood from the foregoing description,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof.

\Vlienever it is desired to insert the pen into an ink-bottle, theflange 8 is placed on the neck thereof and the thumb and one finger onthe disks or plates 13, and said rod 11 is forced outwardly ordownwardly, and in this operation the pen is passed into the ink, andthen by releasing the disks or plates 13 the spring 14 will throw saidrod inwardly or backwa'rdly, and the cross-bar 12, striking the end ofthe pen-stock or the adjacent ends of the slots 7, will shake thesurplus ink from the pen, and thus only the requisite amount of ink willremain on the pen and the danger of blotting the paper will be avoided.

In projecting the pen as described it is not absolutely necessary toplace the flange 8 on the neck of the ink-bottle, and said flange 8 maybe omitted if desired, and it is evident that changes in andmodifications of the construction herein described may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invent-ion or sacrificing itsadvantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture a penholderconsisting of a stock of any desirable form, and a sleeve securedthereto and provided on its opposite sides with longitudinal slotstherein, an annular flange on the rim or the outer end thereof, a crossplate or bar mounted in said tube near the outer ends of said slots, theouter end of said pen-stock being provided with a chamber centrallyformed therein, a rod mounted in said cross-plate and extend ing throughsaid tube, a cross-bar secured to the inner end of said rod andprojecting through said slots, disks or plates slightly concave oneither end of said bar outside of said tube, a spring mounted on saidrod between said cross-bars and cross-plate, a suitable penholdersecured to the outer end of said rod adapted to engage the pen, all ofsaid parts being combined substantially as and for the purposes setforth and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in pres ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 19th day ofAugust, 1896.

MULFORD IVADE LANSING. lVitnesses:

HARnoN LEONARD, PETER E. TYMERON.

